September 11, 2001 President Bush

8:55 AM: President Bush is told by Karl Rove that a small, twin-engine plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Standing outside of a classroom in Sarasota Florida, The President’s reaction was to assume that the incident must have been caused by pilot error. He then calls National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice at the White House.

9:05 AM: The President is seated in a classroom in Sarasota, Florida, when White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispers to him: “A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.” The President remains in the classroom for another five to seven minutes, while the children continue reading.

9:15 AM: President Bush leaves the classroom and returns to a holding room, where he is briefed by staff and sees television coverage. He next speaks to Vice President Cheney, Dr. Rice, New York Governor George Pataki, and FBI Director Robert Mueller. He decides to make a brief statement from the school before leaving for the airport. For the next fifteen minutes, the staff is busy arranging a return to Washington, while the President consults his senior advisers about his remarks. No one in the traveling party has any information during this time that other aircraft are hijacked or missing. Staff are in contact with the White House Situation Room, apparently no one with the President was in contact with the Pentagon. The focus was on the President’s statement to the nation. The only decision made during this time was to return to Washington.


9:30 AM: President Bush, speaking in Sarasota, Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack." His words suggest he believes that the attack is over.


9:35 PM: The President's motorcade departs the elementary school.


9:42-9:45 AM: The President's motorcade arrives at the airport in Sarasota. The President learned of the attack on the Pentagon en route.




9:54 AM: Air Force One departs from Sarasota without any fixed destination after it's decided the
President should not return to Washington (upon the advice of the Secret Service, staff, and the Vice President)


9:57 AM: President Bush departs from Florida.


10:10-10:15 AM: In a phone call with the Vice President, President Bush gives authority for pilots to shoot down civilian aircraft that have been hijacked.


10:18-10:20: At the advice of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, Vice President Cheney calls the President to confirm the shoot-down order as it is believed UA 93 is still approaching Washington.


1:04 PM: Bush speech, recorded at 12:36 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is played. Bush says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks and says, "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts"


1:48 PM: Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base aboard Air Force One and flies to an Air Force base in Nebraska.




4:30 PM: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.



6:30 PM (Approximately): Air Force One with military fighter escort, on its way to Andrews Air Force Base



8:30 PM: President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil." He announces that the U.S. will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them







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